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flats

NOUN
apartment building
Synonyms
STRONGEST
apartment block apartment complex apartment house apartments multi-dwelling unit tenement
STRONG
WEAK




NOUN
set
Synonyms




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I love the insane sliced red leather Celine ballet flats I saw while scrolling Instagram on my commute Wednesday morning, but I also love my more accessibly priced Tevas in a similar shade.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The Hong Kong government has given owners who register under the new system until 2030 to renovate their subdivided flats, but some landlords have already issued eviction notices to their tenants.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Authorities estimate that more than 220,000 people in the city of 7.5 million live in so-called "shoebox" flats, around one-third of which need major renovation.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Around 100 firefighters are tackling a blaze at a supermarket with flats above it in north-west London.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

As the light grew a little he saw to his surprise that what from a distance had seemed wide and featureless flats were in fact all broken and tumbled.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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